Cover for culinary vessels.



M. PEARL & C. F. REINMANN. COVER FOR CULINARY VESSELS. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, 1909. RENEWED AUG. 23, 1912.

Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAX BEARL AND CHARLES F. REINMANN, OENEW YORK, N. Y.; SAID REINMANN ASSIGNOR r0 SAID PEARL.

COVER- FOR CULINARY FESSELS.

Specification of Letters Patent Application filed November 20, 1909, Serial No. 529,086. Renewed August 23, 1912. Serial- No; 716,747.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known. that we, -MAx PEARL and- (HARLEs F. REINMANN, citizens of the UnitedStates of America, residing in New York, in'the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers for Culinary Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved cover for culinary vessels of that class which is provided with a handle and means for holding the cover on the vessel, so that the cover can be quickly removed or replaced as required during the cooking operation; and for this purpose the lnventlon consists of a cover for'culinary vessels provlded at one or more points of its circumference with retaining lugs fitting over the rim of the vessel, while the handle of the vessel is provided with means for locking the cover 1n position on therim, said locking means being readily disconnected from the cover whenever it is desired to remove the same or replaced thereon when the cover is to be placed in position onthe vessel. V

In the accompanying drawlngs, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a cuhnary vessel with our improved cover shown in position thereon, Fig. 2 is 'a vertical central section through the upper part of the vessel cover and handle, showing the locking connection of the cover with the vessel, Fig. 3 is a detail side-view of one of the retaining lugs on the cover, Fig. 4'is a detail vertical transverse section on line 4, 4, ig. 3, and Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively a detail sideelevation and a vertical transverse section on line'6, 6, Fig. 5, of a modified form of the locking clip.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views. V

Referring to the drawings, a represents a culinary vessel of any suitable slze and shape, and-h the handle of the same, which is preferably made of concavo-conve c crosssection and attached by the usual rivets to the body of the vessel.

The cover 6 is made of the usual construction and provided at one or two points of its circumference with lugs 6 which are made of a wire 6 of suitable thickness that is bent outwardly into flat U-shape at the points where the lugs are to be formed, the

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remaining portion of the wire 6 being inclosed bythe rim of the cover, which rim is cent inwardly and clenched over the wire. The wire 6 is extended all aroundthe rim of. the cover and serves for stiifening the same. To the Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

handle h is fulcrumed a locking clip d, which is so located that the end I of the clip extends. over the rim of the cover, the clip being acted upon atits outer end by a flat spring 01 so that the inner end of the clip is pressed down on the rim of the cover. The lug or lugs b are so placed on the edge of the cover that when the'cover is placed in position they are approximately at diametrically opposite points from the handle, so that by the lugs 12 in connection with the locking action of the clip on the cover the latter is prevented from dropping off the vessel when handling the same. When it is desired to remove the cover, the clip d is depressed at its outer end and the inner end raised, so that the cover is released and can be removed from the vessel. When replacing the cover, the retaininglugs are placed under the rim of the vessel and then the clip raised so that the opposite side of the rim of the cover can the clip for being locked by the same.

In place of the fulcrumed and springactuated clip 11, the clip and 6 may be used. This-1s composed of a sliding sleeve-shaped portion 6 provided with a clip 6 thatcan be slid over the rim of the cover when the sliding sleeve is moved on the handle near enough to the.

engagement of the cover for permitting the rim by the clip e The sleeve 6 is provided with an insulating button 6 for permitting the forward or backward motion of the sleeve and clip on the handle By locking the cover to the vessel in the manner. described, the annoying dropping off of thecover during the cooking operation is prevented. The cover fits tightly on the vessel and facilitates thereby the handling of the vessel during the cooking oper- Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent: l

1. The combination with a culinary vessel having a laterally projecting rim and a laterally projecting handle, a cover having a downwardly extending rim fitting around the rim of the vessel, lugs on said cover and be placed under I flat spring secured to the engaging curved clip fulcrumed on the upperunder said rim of the vessel, a

face of the handle and extending nearly parallel thereto and having a face engaging the upper side of the rim of the cover and a lower face of said clip and pressing against the upper face of the handle.

2. The combination, with a culinary vessel having a handle and an outwardly projecting beaded rim, of a cover having a downwardly extending rim adapted to fit around the rim of rim vof the cover and adapted to engage under the rim of the cover, and a clip on said handle and having a, face adapted to engage on the upper side of the rim of the cover to cotip'erate with said lugs to hold the rim of the cover around and said cover on therim of the vessel.

3. The combination, with a culinary vesthe vessel, lugs on thesel having a handle and an outwardly projecting beaded rim, of a cover having a downwardly extending rim adapted to fit around the rim of the vessel, lugs on the rim of the cover and adapted to engage under the rim of the-cover, and a springpressed pivoted clip on said handle and having a face adapted to engage on the upper side of the rim of the cover to coiiperate with said lugs to hold the rim of the cover around, and said cover on, the rim of the vessel. In testimony, that we claim the foregoing as our invention, we have signed our names in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MAX PEARL. CHARLES F. REINMANN.

\Vitnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, JOSEPHINE COOK. 

